The generally leafless gugul tree, native to the Middle East and India, is related to myrrh, and it, too, bleeds a gooey whitish resin, called gugul or gum guggulu.In Ayurvedic medicine, gugul is held in high regard as a treatment for arthritis and blood fat problems, it not only lowers low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and triglycerides, but it also elevates the beneficial high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and helps reverse atherosclerotic plaque deposits.

Gugul can also help with Acne, arterial blockages, arthritis, hardening of the arteries, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, indigestion, inflammation, low libido, obesity, and gum disease.

A longtime treatment for diabetes in India, gymnema is a vine with egg-shaped leaves and yellow flower clusters. Indigenous to tropical Asian  forests, it popped up in American health food stores only relatively recently.

The plant holds its true medicinal value for those who shoulden't be consuming sugar in the first place: It might be one of the best herbal therapies for people with diabetes.

Gymnema can also help with High cholesterol, high triglycerides, stomachache, coughing, eye inflammation, fever, obesity, scaly skin, and snake bite.

This bushy, often thorny tree grow throughout Europe and north eastern North America. From Native Americans to nineteenth-century folk physicians, hawthorn has been almost regarded as a heart tonic.

Hawthorn can also help with Cardiovascular insufficiency, hardening of the arteries, high blood pressure, irregular heart rhythm, anemia, heart disease, insomnia, palpatations, seborrhea, buerger's disease, myocardial inflammation, rapid and slow heart rate, and sore throats.

Although evidence suggests that the astringent fruit might help skin problems, hawthorn is, for practical purposes, mostly a cardiovascular supplement, and a supreme one at that.

The plant a close relative of stinging nettle and the cannabis genus, which gives us marijuana- is native to North America, Europe, and Asia. Its always been used to sooth and settle.

A number of phytochemicals in hops possess sedative and muscle-relaxing qualities. Other compounds depress the central nervous system. The bitterness helps trigger appetite. If you have been diagnosed with depression, think twice about taking the herb because of its sedative action.

Hops can also help with Anxiety, insomnia, nervousness, restlessness, diarrhea, neuroses, stress, tuberculosis, colitis, leprosy, and priapism.

Indigenous to Albania, Buglaria, and othe Balkan countries, the horse chestnut tree and its nuts supposedly sooth equine respiratory afflictions. Although the bark, leaves, and flowers have been used in folk remedies, the nuts' pulp contains the strongest concentration of medicinal ingredients.

Horse chestnut's value is vascular. It bucks up week, leaky veins and capillaries that allow blood to ooze out, pool under the skin, and give rise to problems such as hemorrhoids, varicose veins, spider veins, and other circulatory disorders indicative of a lack of blood flow.

Horse chestnut can also help with Arthritis, flu, hematoma, malaria, prostatitis, liver disease, backache, intestinal disease, dysentery, eczema, and congestion.

Most of horsersdish's therapeutic properties come from pungent sulfur-containing compounds called isothiocyanates, as well as another phytochemical called sulforaphane. Both kill germs and stimulate blood flow (especially to the skin), but they pack a wollpo when it comes to opening up the sinuses and blowing out congestion.

Horseradish can also help with  Bronchitis, mucous membrane inflammation, muscle pain, respiratory disease, cysitis, rhinitis, dental plaque, gallbladder inflammation, gout, liver disease, sciatia, and water retention.

This plant, a flowerless leftover from prehistoric times, is rich in silica, a natural abrasive. Once the maturing plant forms and releases cases of reproductive spores, it grows bushy stems that resembles a horse's tail. Silicon is an underappreciated, health promoting mineral. Advocates point out that silicon contributes to healthy bones; cartilage, tendons, and connective tissue, silicon could also assist in preventing osteoporosis and in speedin the healing of fractured bones.

Horsetail can also help with Bladder stones, cysitis, gravel, kidney stones, Brittle nails, stomach disease, constipation, gonorrhea, gout, hair loss, sprains, and respiratory problems.

Found in marshy areas along the East Coast of the United States, hydrangea features small white flowers and a rough bark that peels off easily. Native Americans and early settlers used hydrangea's roots to treat gravel, stones in the urinary tract, and other calcified accumulations in the body.

Hydrangea can also help with Tumors, bladder stones, bronchitis, burns, cancer, cystitis, infections, kidney inflammation, kidney stones, muscle pain, prostatitis, stones, urethritis, urinary stones, and sprains.

Indigenous to Europe and Asia, this member of the mint family now grows naturally across much of North America. Because of its strong fragrance,hyssop has been used in everything from colognes to liquers.The plant's essential oils apparently help break up phlegm and soothe irritated mucous membranes in the respiratory tract. The phytochemical marrubiin also helps break up congestion.

Hyssop can also help with Colds, fever, gallbladder problems, HIV, arthritis, asthma, colic, gout, heart disease, lung disease, menstrual pain, obesity, and wounds. 

Indigenous to North America and Europe. The bluish black berries are the liquor's main flavouring ingredient. Juniper is a good diuretic and urinary antiseptic, helpful against urinary tract infections. It also contains a powerful virus-killing substance, deoxypodophyllotoxin, and other phytochemicals that can fight herpes and influenza.

Juniper can also help with Lack of appetite, stones, arthritis, diabetes, flu, gas, gout, heartburn, heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, neuroses, psoriasis, and stomachache.

Indigenous to Polynesia and the Pacific Ocean islands. Part of the pepper family, kava-kava is used to calm down. You can chew a few of the shrub's leaves to relax, but the best antistress medicine is in the roots, which are often dried, ground, and used to make tea. Its a perfect antithesis (and antidote) to coffee- and about as safe, too. 

Kava-kava can also help with epilepsey, fatigue, hyperactivity, dizziness, menopause, palpitations, toothache, stomachache, bronchitis, colic, gonorrhea, gout, hemorrhoids, leprosy, vaginitis,and venereal disease.

Kudzu is found across southeastern United States, but it is native to Asia. It is used to treat diarrhea and dysentery. Research has concluded that extracts may strengthen the livers ability to fend off damage from toxins and even help the organ regenerate itself. The isoflavone genistein fights leukemia and deters tumor development and growth.

Kudza can also help with Alcoholism, breast cancer, chest pain, cirrhosis and other liver diseases, deafness, high blood pressure, irregular heart rhythem, osteoporosis, diabetes, hives, measles, and psoriasis.

This pleasantly powerful, distinctive fragrance of this pretty, purple-flowered plant has been popular since the earliest days of recorded history. The ancient Egyptians also used lavender as a perfume. Lavender's soothing, sedating phytochemicals readily absorb into the skin, including the sensitive membranes inside the nose. That's why even the scent of lavender oils tend to calm and relax.

Lavender can also help with Insomnia, intestinal disease, lack of appitite, nervousness, restlessness, stomachache, stomach disease, diabetes, gallbladder problems, gas, labor, cancer, dementia, depression, psoriasis, and skin problems.

A member of the mint family, the herb is native to the Mediterranean and certain areas of Asia but now exudes its distinct lemony aroma over much of the eastern and central United States. The tannins and other polyphenols in lemon balm extracts deter certain viruses, notably those that cause mumps and herpes. These phytochemicals apparently nudge out the virus for spots on cellular receptors that the viruses seem to favor.

Lemon Balm can also help with Gastric spasms, insomnia, intestinal disease, nervousness, stomach disease, alzheimer's disease, herpes, hyperthyroidism (graves' disease), mumps, palpitations, shingles, heart disease, high blood pressure, hysteria, and melancholy.

Some 20 different licorice species grow in parts of Europe, Asia, North America, South America, and Australia. Licorice's phytochemical components are among the best studied in all of herbal medicine. Two major ingredients are glycyrrhizin and glycyrrhetinic acid. but even without them, the herb, in the form of deglycyrrhizinated licorice (DGL), retains the healing powers of licoricone and related flavonoids, triterpenoids, lignans, and other phytochemicals.

Liquorce can also help with Respiratory disease, addison's disease, arthritis, cataracts, caries, HIV, kidney disease, lichen planus, lupus, malaria, tuberculosis, epilepsy, and tetanus.

The medicine, is in the yellowish white flowers, which are highly fragrant and yeild a great-tasting honey. Linden's phytochemicals quell spasms, encourage urination, and may be somewhat sedating. They're also good for inducing perspiration, as when you have a cold or the flu and need to break a fever.

Linden can also help with Bronchitis, anxiety, chills, earache, infections, cellulitis, diarrhea, convulsions, hardening of the arteries, high blood pressure, hysteria, intestinal disease, and premenstrual tension.

Native Americans used to smoke the jagged-edged leaves of this native American plant, which grows across much of the continental United States. They did so to ease asthma, giving it the name asthma weed.Lobelia, whose yellowish green leaves taste as bitter as tobacco when chewed, has been used to relieve nicotine withdrawal symptoms. The lobeline in lobelia acts much like nicotine, although it's less potent. It stimulates the central nervous system and speeds respiration. It also helps break up mucus and facilitates coughing.

Lobelia can also help with Alzheimer's disease, bronchitis, laryngitis, whooping cough, arthritis, boils, bruises, heart disease, muscle pain, ringworm, and poison ivy.

Native to India, where it's commonly found in the nation's western forests. People include the dried rind in chutney and curry dishes. It's also quite good for preserving fish, polishing gold and silver.It is hugely hyped as a weight loss aid, promoted far and beyond any proven therapeutic ability. The hydroxycitric acid in the fruit, supposedly curbs appetite, speeds the burning of fat, and slows adipose accumulation around the waist.

Malabar Tamarind can also help with High triglycerides, arthritis, indigestion, and oral disease.

Real marshmallow, native to Europe and also found in various parts of the United States, is so named because it's a member of the mallow family and tends to favor a marshy habitat. Marshmallow contains some germ-fighting and inflammation-relieving phytochemicals, as well as compounds that slightly stimulate the immune system.

Marshmallow can also help with Bronchitis, gastritis, intestinal inflammation, chafing, chilblains, colitis, crohn's disease, cystitis, irritable bowel syndrome, diabetes, gallbladder problems, stones, constipation, ulcers, varicose veins and arthritis.

The leaves of this tree are used to make a common South American beverage. In Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, and elsewhere across South America, the berries are discarded in favor of the leaves, which are dried, powdered, and used to make a coffeelike pick-me-up.

Caffeine gives mate its ability to stimulate the central nervous system and pep you up.

Mate can also help with Bladder stones, fatigue, irregular heart rythem, kidney stones, lack of appitite, depression, nerve pain, and arthritis.

Meadowsweet grows in northeastern North America. The plant is a member of the rose family and looks like a low, thorn-free rose. All plants contain some trace of salicylates, the natural form of asprin, but several are especially good source of these compounds. Medowsweet is one of the better ones. Thats why it has long been used to fight colds, flu, fever, arthritis,, and achy muscles.

Medowsweet can also help with Colds, arthritis, cervical dysplasia, fever, gout, heart disease, intestinal disease, kidney and liver disease, diarrhea, labor, and menstrual excess.

Native to Europe but now growing along both coasts of North America, milk thistle is an attractive, edible plant with fuzzy, reddish purple flowers. The silymarin in milk thistle regenerates liver cells and guards the organ from damage by pollutants, other toxins, and viral invaders. It also guards against free radical oxidation, boosts the bodys synthesis of major antioxidant called glutathione, and lowers fat buildup in the organ.

Milk Thistle can also help with Cirrhosis, colic, gallbladder problems, hepatitis, jaundice, mushroom poisoning, breast cancer, diabetes, diabetic neuropathy, high cholestrol, ovarian cancer, malaria, spleen disease, and stomach disease.

Mistletoe is hung above the door at christmas time, you would do well to keep this poisonous plant there; ingesting it can be the kiss of death. Mistletoe has been studied in Europe, because of a patented drug made from the plant's fermented juices. The injectable serum, called Iscador, accelerates immune system activity and speeds white blood cells to attack and cordon off tumors.

Mistletoe can also help with Arthritis, inflammation, neuroses, abscesses, anxiety, asthma, cancer, diarrhea, epilepsy, gout, hardening of the arteries, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hysteria, and rapid heart rate.

Motherwort has been used for hundreds of years in Europe and China for all manner of heart problems and circulatory disorders. It is native to Europe and naturalized across much of North America. Chinese research shows that it promotes a better volume of blood throughout the body and can slow a rapid heart rate. Some of it's phytochemicals can help relax you and relieve stress, which also may contribute to its cardiac qualities.

Motherwort can also help with Heart disease, cramps, high blood pressure, insomnia, neuroses, stroke, anxiety, asthma, fever, labor, neuragia, palpittations, and stomachache.

Muira puama enjoys little recognition outside the Amazonian rain forest. North Americans might know it by another name, potency wood. In South America it has a long reputation as an aphrodisiac and nerve stimulant. One clinical study endorsed its use for rekindling desire and restoring erectile ability.

Muira puama can also help with Arthritis, diarrhea, hookworm, indigestion, lack of appitite, lack of menstruation, low libido, pain, and poliomyelitis.

Indigenous to Europe but naturalized in various parts of North America, mullein also is said to prevent colds and breathing ailments of all kinds. The silky, milky mucilage in mullein leaves underlies its ability to soothe inflamed mucous membranes, although little scientific study backs this up. Saponins in the plant may account for its folk reputation as an expectorant that breaks up congestion.

Mullein can also help with Dermatitis, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, intestinal disease, respiratory disease, tuberculosis, earache, fever, kidney disease, migraine, and tumors.

The gummy resin that flows from this almost leafless Middle Eastern shrub is an ancient remedy for mouth sores, as well as a very pleasant incence.

Myrrh can also help with Oral inflammation, asthma, athlete's foot, bronchial disease, canker sores, dandruff and other scaly skin conditions, diabetes, cancer, leprosy, nasal disease, and stomach disease.

The gums from some Commiphora species, like many other gums, have displayed an ability to keep blood running freely, lower cholesterol and protect the heart.

Native to India, neem now grows freely in many subtropical areas, including Florida, southern California, and Southeast Asia. Its extensively cultivated in arid lands for its ability to free up some nutrients from infertile soils.

Preparations of the plant have long been used against insect infestations and personal invasions, including worms, malaria, scabies, and lice.

Neem can also help with Dermatitis, diabetes, fever, gingivitis, heart disease, malaria, pain plaque, scabies, ulcers, and hemorrhoids.

Nettle is native to Europe and Asia, but it's now found across southern Canada and most of the United States. Science says there's medicine in the madness of urtication. Stinging nettle contains natural antihistamines and antiinflammatories (including quercetin) that open up constricted bronchial and nasal passages, making it a choice therapy for treating asthma and nasal allergies.

Nettle can also help with Arthritis, bladder stones, gravel, hay fever, kidney stones, prostate enlargement, asthma, bed-wetting, bronchitis, dermatitis, diarrhea, gout, hemorrhage, hives and other skin eruptions, kidney disease, and labor.

After its introduction from Europe, oat grass came to be cultivated all over North America and now grows wild. Oats certainly deserve their reputation as a wholesome, healthful, nourishing food. They're easy to digest, soothing to an irritated throat, and loaded with soluble fiber to keep the intestinal tract running regularly.

Oats can also help with Dermatitis, high cholesterol, itching, seborrhea, osteoporosis, anxiety, arthritis,colitis, debility, depression, diabetes, diarrhea, hardening of the arteries, heart disease, insomnia, intestinal disease, kidney disease, morphine addiction, nicotine addiction, and poison ivy.